Calendar: September 4-10, 2026
Our movie and media Calendar appears every Friday/Saturday on C-U Blogfidential and caters to the downstate region anchored by Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA.
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THE BLOGFIDENTIAL TELETYPE | Film News You Can Use, C-U
Did we mention the one (like, on Thursday) where we’ve added several listings to the Calendar? Well, whoops, we’ve done it again. Not only are the schedules for the Phoenix Savoy 16 and AMC Champaign 13 swamped with variety this week, the list of future dates has grown even longer with additions that include a pair of Film-Fanatic.Club boutique retro shows and the Virginia Theatre’s annual commitment to THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. There’s also a bounty of Dolly Parton in the immediate future. Despite our claim a couple of nights ago, Mr. JaPan needs to plow through a certain segment of his belongings at the house on the edge of an American small town this long weekend – in other words, ha, labor – and we may not tick the Teletype with hard news until next week. To be determined, as they say, although we may also have a bonus post to share midweek as a peace offering. Keep checking back.
LOCAL FILMS & EVENTS | Support Your Media Storytellers
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
Chambana Film Society presents WINTER HYMNS feat. filmmaker Nathan Deming in person (Tues., 9/8, 6:30 p.m. $5), special 100th CFS show feat. MORRIS FROM AMERICA and filmmaker Chad Hartigan via Zoom (Thurs., 9/23, 7 p.m., free w/ticket reservation)
@ Shake It Up Cocktail Lounge & Eatery, Bloomington, IL
“B-Movie Bingo” hosted by Paul A. Brooks* feat. IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS, EVENT HORIZON (9/10, 7 p.m.)
@ WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL
“Frame Noise” film music program hosted by Przemek (9/9, 7-8 p.m.) Streaming | Archive
NOW PLAYING | Champaign-Urbana Area
@ AMC Champaign 13, Champaign, IL
AKIRA (animé re-release) (in Japanese with English sub or English dub), BY ANY MEANS, CARS 20th anniversary (animation re-release), FALL 2: DEADPOINT, MIRZAPUR (in Hindi with English sub), ONSLAUGHT, THE SUN NEVER SETS, BUDDY, COYOTE VS. ACME, THE DOG STARS, THE END OF OAK STREET, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, THE ODYSSEY, PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE (animation), SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, TONY (9/4 on), THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (9/4, 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (9/5, 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 (9/6, 7 p.m.), and THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (9/7, 12:30 & 3:45 p.m.), AMC “Screen Unseen” (mystery movie) (9/7, 7 p.m.), “MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments” feat. STING OF DEATH (9/9, 7 p.m.), HOPE (in Korean with English sub) (9/9 on), SARDAR 2 (in Tamil with English sub) (9/9 on), THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (faith film) (9/10-9/17, 7 p.m.), OASIS: DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (music documentary), PRACTICAL MAGIC 2, RUNNER, THE UPRISING (9/10 on)
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
BY ANY MEANS, CARS 20th anniversary (animation re-release), FALL 2: DEADPOINT, ONSLAUGHT, BUDDY, COYOTE VS. ACME, THE DOG STARS, THE END OF OAK STREET, INSIDIOUS: OUT OF THE FURTHER, MUTINY, THE ODYSSEY, PAW PATROL: THE DINO MOVIE (animation), SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY, TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA, TONY (9/4 on), TOM AND JERRY: THE FORBIDDEN COMPASS (animation) (9/4-9/8), Indian cinema: BETHLEHEM KUDUMBA UNIT* (in Malayalam with English sub; 9/4), ROMANCHAKAM* (in Telugu with English sub; 9/5, 9/8), and MIRZAPUR: THE MOVIE* (in Hindi with English sub; 9/6), Dolly Parton tribute series: JOYFUL NOISE (9/4, 3 p.m.; 9/5-9/6, 1:45 p.m.; 9/7-9/10, 3 p.m., STEEL MAGNOLIAS (9/4, 12 & 6 p.m.; 9/5-9/6, 11:15 a.m. & 7:15 p.m.; 9/7-9/10, 12 & 6 p.m.), and THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS (9/4, 9 p.m.; 9/5-9/6, 4:30 & 10 p.m.; 9/7-9/10, 9 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (9/4, 12, 3 & 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1 (9/5, 3 & 7 p.m.), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 2 (9/6, 12, 3:30 & 7 p.m.), and THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES (9/7, 12, 3:30 & 7 p.m.), PACIFIC RIM (9/6, 3 & 7 p.m.; 9/7-9/8, 7 p.m.), “MST3K: The RiffTrax Experiments” feat. STING OF DEATH (9/9, 7 p.m.), HOPE (in Korean with English sub) (9/9 on), OASIS: DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER sneak preview (music documentary) (9/9, 7:15 p.m., IMAX), THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (9/10-9/17, 7 p.m.), PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (9/10 on) *single screenings daily
@ Courtyard Café, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL
Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films” feat. PROJECT HAIL MARY (9/5-9/6, 7 p.m.; free w/i-card)
Events featuring locally produced movies are marked with an asterisk (*). Additional “Now Playing” and “Coming Soon” listings appear after the jump!
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NOW PLAYING | The Cities Beyond
@ The Harvest Moon Twin Drive-in, Gibson City, IL
Michael Harroun celebration of life (9/5, 5-7 p.m.), CARS 20th anniversary (animation), TOY STORY 5 (animation) (Screen 1), COYOTE VS. ACME, SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY (Screen 2) (9/4-9/6)
@ The Lorraine Theatre, Hoopeston, IL
PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 (9/10 on)
@ The Normal Theater, Normal, IL
AMERICAN MAYOR (documentary) w/filmmaker Travis Irvine (9/4, 7 p.m., free), PSYCHO (1960) (9/5, 7 & 10 p.m.), ROUTE 66: THE MAIN STREET OF AMERICA (documentary) w/filmmaker John Paget (9/6, 7 p.m.), TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (9/10, 7 p.m.)
@ The Princess Theatre, Leroy, IL
THE ODYSSEY (9/4-9/6)
@ The Route 66 Drive-in Theater, Springfield, IL
CARS 20th anniversary (animation), COYOTE VS. ACME (Screen 1), BY ANY MEANS, MUTINY (Screen 2) (9/4-9/5)
COMING SOON | Area-wide Events
NEW! 9/12
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND “director’s cut”
w/introduction by Bob Odenkirk and Sarah Edwards
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
NEW! 9/12
Film-Fanatic.Club* presents
DONNIE DARKO moderated by Sanford Hess
@ The Literary, Champaign, IL, 10:30 p.m.
9/14
NEW! UI Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies presents
“AsiaLENS” feat. OUR MR. MATSURA w/filmmaker Beth Harrington
@ Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5:30-8 p.m.
9/17-9/27
44th Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
@ Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema + Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago, IL
9/19
DARK SOUL RIVER* feature film “workprint premiere” w/discussion
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
9/23-9/27
33rd Chicago Underground Film Festival
@ ACX Harper Theater – Hyde Park, etc., Chicago, IL
NEW! 9/23
Danville Library Foundation, etc., present
“How to Sell Out a Haunted Theater: An Evening with Grady Hendrix”
@ The Fischer Theatre, Danville, IL, 6 p.m. doors, 6:30 p.m. show, free
NEW! 9/24
UI Center for East Asian & Pacific Studies and
Ui Mortenson Center for International Library Programs present
“AsiaLENS”/Mortenson screening feat. ONE BIG HAPA FAMILY w/filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns
@ School of Information Sciences, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 5:45-8:15 p.m.
NEW! 9/25
Film-Fanatic.Club* presents
THE IRON GIANT moderated by Chuck Koplinski
@ Anita Purves Nature Center, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., outdoors
NEW! 10/3
9 TO 5
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
10/8-10/18
35th Heartland Film Festival
@ various venues, Indianapolis, IN
NEW! 10/16-10/17
Show and Tell presents
“We Interrupt This Program” feat. Bob Odenkirk
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7:30 p.m.
10/23
“Behind the ‘Scream’: A Live Conversation with David Arquette”
feat. 30th anniversary screening of SCREAM (1996)
@ Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, Bloomington, IL, 7 p.m.
10/27
An evening with ‘Partially Devoured’ author Daniel Kraus
feat. screening of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, 7 p.m.
NEW! 10/31
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW w/shadow cast
@ The Virginia Theatre, Champaign, IL, doors 7:30 p.m., event 8:30 p.m.
11/5-11/15
Cinema St. Louis presents
35th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival
@ The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
NEW! 11/13
Inter-Pygmalion presents
David Cross
@ The City Center, Champaign, IL, 8 p.m.
11/20-11/22
25th anniversary Route 66 Film Festival*
@ Hoogland Center for the Arts, Springfield, IL
4/8-4/11, 2027
37th Onion City Experimental Film Festival
@ Chicago Filmmakers Firehouse, Chicago, IL
COMMUNITY & CAMPUS SERIES | Champaign-Urbana area
NEW! Chambana Film Society presents “2026 Doctoberfest”
@ Phoenix Savoy 16 + IMAX, Savoy, IL
HANGING BY A WIRE (10/2, 7 p.m.), THE LAST MOVIE CRITIC* (10/8, 7 p.m.), ALL SKATE (10/9, 7 p.m.), COOKIE QUEENS (10/10, 1:30 p.m.), JOYBUBBLES (10/10, 3:30 p.m.), THE LAST PICTURE SHOWS (10/10, 6 p.m.), PINBALL: BEYOND THE BUMPERS (10/10, 8 p.m.), SILVER SCREAMERS (10/11, 12 p.m.), A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHASING STORMS (10/11, 2 p.m.), more TBA | Information
NEW! Illini Union Board presents “Fall 2026 Weekend Films”
@ Courtyard Café, 1st floor, Illini Union, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m. Sat. & Sun., free w/i-card
9/12-9/13: CARS; 9/19-9/20: SUPERGIRL; 9/26-9/27: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU; 10/3-10/4: OBSESSION; 10/10-10/11: MINIONS & MONSTERS; 10/17-10/18: HOCUS POCUS; 10/24-10/25: THE SHEEP DETECTIVES; 10/31-11/1: COCO; 11/7-11/8: THE END OF OAK STREET; 11/14-11/15: SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY; 11/21-11/22: TOY STORY 5; 12/5-12/6: THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE
NEW! Pygmalion 2026 x Chambana Film Society collab
@ Old Tiernan Hall, Urbana, IL, free to the public (unless otherwise noted)
STEAL THIS STORY, PLEASE! feat. filmmaker Carl Deal via Zoom (9/25, 6:30-8:30 p.m., $10 + fees advance, $15 door, Knight Auditorium, UI Spurlock Museum, Urbana, IL), THE GREEN MILL: A REAL CHICAGO JOINT feat. filmmaker Paul L. Carr in person (9/26, 6 p.m.), “Animation After Dark” (9/26, 8 p.m.), DEATH OF A ROCKSTAR (9/26, 10 p.m.), “Shorts: Jewish-American” (9/27, 4 p.m.), “Shorts: Homegrown” (9/27, 6 p.m.), SLOUCHING TOWARDS BRANSON (9/27, 8:30 p.m.) Information
NEW! Roger Ebert Center for Film Studies* event series
@ Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Center for World Cultures, UIUC, Urbana, IL, 7 p.m., free to the public (unless otherwise noted)
10/29: “DCP inauguration” screening feat. SUSPIRIA (1977)
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Compiled by Jason Pankoke.
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